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Launch: Grounded Energy Modelling for Equitable Urban Development in the Global South (GEMDev)
09 February 2021, 5:05 pm
As the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the world in unprecedented ways, understanding how communities, that are off-the-grid of affordable, reliable, and safe forms of energy, cope with their energy and housing needs has become more important than ever. Join us to discuss the potentials and challenges of achieving equitable energy futures and dignified housing as part of the action- research project GEMDev.
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Organiser
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Dr Pamela Fennell
About GEMDev
The GEMDev project proposes to use participatory research methods to co-create the data sets with off-grid communities. Working with communities in Lima and Ahmedabad, the new data will help inform actionable strategies for future redevelopment to ensure dignified housing and habitat for the urban poor. The research process is designed to increase communities’ capacity and skills, to amplify their voice in the planning processes that have profound impacts on their lives and to ensure that they are represented in the UBEMs of the future.
This 3-year research project is a partnership between partnership between UCL, CRDF-CEPT (Ahmedabad) and Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Foro Ciudades Para la Vida, CIDAP and CENCA (Lima). It has been funded by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) Collective Programme, a research programme designed to impact global health, education, sustainable cities, food systems, conflict and resilience.